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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will there also be a transitional inspectorate facility or does the transitional arrangement only relate to obtaining funding under the schemes? Once a childminder signs up to the scheme, does that also mean there is a potential that they will be inspected?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Mr. Wolfe.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses. I have another brief question for Ms Connolly. She mentioned that the maximum term for a voluntary arrangement should be applied. What would she consider the term to be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Was that €100 million?

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome this motion from the Regional Group. It is a very important issue for us to be talking about. We cannot understate the importance of transport for those with a disability. If people do not have easy access to transport, it essentially keeps them prisoners in their own homes. They cannot get out to meet friends, socialise, work or go to education. It has wide-ranging impacts. ...

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I will send that to the Minister of State. This is a very serious issue and I appreciate the opportunity to discuss it.

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward the motion. I do not know if it is just me, but this feels like Groundhog Day. Every few weeks, we are talking about energy prices, energy markets and energy failures in this Chamber, and it has been going on for a number of years. The reason we are still talking about it, and the reason we will still be talking about it in six months, is what we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Since the eviction ban was lifted, my office has been inundated with calls from tenants who have been issued with notices to quit. This is the biggest thing my office and staff are working on at the moment. I welcome the tenant in situscheme. Working with Wicklow County Council, we have had some successes with it. Given the incredible pressures on housing and affordable housing in County...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (3 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline Government policy on the importation of LNG and the commercial development of LNG infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20722/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the roll-out of EV charging points projected for the remainder of 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20723/23]

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their contributions. It is so welcome to hear such strong statements of support for the recommendations and for the families. It is also extremely important. Many families will leave here this evening heartened by what they have heard, particularly concerning the commitments made by the Minister for Health to get this legislation through...

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy entitled "Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 6th July, 2022. Before I start, I would like to extend the warmest of welcomes to everybody in the Visitors Gallery, namely, Irish Families...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (27 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister of State's response outlines the current situation and the legal requirements put in place by previous Governments in relation to waste collection; what it does not talk about is whether this is an area the Minister of State would consider re-examining to see if it could be done better. Things have changed significantly since 2011. The environmental impact of waste is higher on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (27 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, for coming in today. There has been much discussion in this House and also around the country recently since the announcement by Panda that it would bring in charges for the collection of brown bins for domestic users. We all know that the public bin collection was privatised in an era when waste production and management was not considered...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (25 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the enforcement of wildlife crime should now become a greater priority following the successful agreement of a UN Action Plan for Biodiversity at COP 15 and following the report of the Irish Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss; how he envisages that the greater enforcement of wildlife crime will help...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (25 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide, in statistical form, a record of wildlife crimes, by county, registered, prosecuted and convicted in Ireland in each year over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19499/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: For the first time ever, a case concerning climate action has been taken to the European Court of Human Rights. In the so-called Swiss grannies case, a number of women have argued that the Swiss Government has not done enough to meet its climate targets, thereby endangering these women's lives and health. While a number of countries have made written submissions to the court about this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have listened to the transcript. It is exactly what the State-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Your argument is it is not under the remit of the------